─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─❉᯽🪕᯽❉─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─ ─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─❉᯽🪕᯽❉─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─ ❉ LYRICS BY PANTHERA ❉ ─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─❉᯽🪕᯽❉─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─ ─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─❉᯽🪕᯽❉─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─ ─❉᯽🪕᯽❉─ ─❉᯽Intro᯽❉─ There was a season, long before rules Before stiff collars and polished shoes Before I learned what not to be Before they decided things for me… ─❉᯽🪕᯽❉─ ─❉᯽Verse 1᯽❉─ Barefoot on red dirt, heat in the ground Creek bending slow where the willows leaned down No one to call me, no one to claim Kept my free spirit without being tamed ~❉᯽❉~ Tree bark under my palms and skin Wind in my dress, letting daylight in A pocketknife and a steady aim I knew the woods like they knew my name ─❉᯽Pre-Chorus᯽❉─ Didn’t know different, didn’t know wrong, Just followed the hum of a half-made song… ─❉᯽Chorus᯽❉─ I used to stand in a summer downpour Arms stretched wide like I was asking for more Cool drops falling, soft as a pixie’s kiss Turning the dust into something like bliss ~❉᯽❉~ Spinning in circles, laughing out loud No one to tell me I wasn’t allowed Back when the world didn’t tighten its grip And freedom was mud on my fingertips… ─❉᯽🪕᯽❉─ ─❉᯽Verse 2᯽❉─ Then came a man with a soldier’s frame Iron in posture, silence in name Paper in hand, a hard-set jaw Reading the life that he never saw ~❉᯽❉~ Didn’t raise his voice, didn’t reach for me But something shifted so quietly From that moment on, I understood I’d trade my wild for something ‘good’ ─❉᯽Pre-Chorus᯽❉─ Buttoned sleeves and a careful stride Every loose piece tucked deep inside… ─❉᯽Chorus᯽❉─ I used to stand in a summer downpour Arms stretched wide like I was asking for more Cool drops falling, soft as a pixie’s kiss Turning the dust into something like bliss ~❉᯽❉~ Now observing is all I can afford Counting the things I can’t be anymore Back when the world didn’t tighten its grip And freedom was mud on my fingertips… ─❉᯽🪕᯽❉─ ─❉᯽Break᯽❉─ Sometimes I feel it, just for a breath That old kind of living I haven’t met since… ─❉᯽Bridge᯽❉─ They say I’m proper, say I’m refined Say I’ve come such a long way in time But there’s a part they’ll never see The barefoot child still running in me ~❉᯽❉~ Not lost, not gone, just buried deep Where the little sprite’s fast asleep ─❉᯽Final Chorus᯽❉─ I used to stand in a summer downpour Arms stretched wide like I was asking for more Cool drops falling, soft as a pixie’s kiss Turning the dust into something like bliss ~❉᯽❉~ If I could find her, just for a day I wouldn’t ask her to change or stay… I’d just stand with her, wild and free And let that weather fall over me… (All over me, all over me, all over me…) ─❉᯽Outro᯽❉─ Barefoot… just for a while… (Just for a while…) ~❉᯽❉~ Barefoot… just for a while… (Just for a while…) ─❉᯽🪕᯽❉─ ─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─❉᯽🪕᯽❉─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─ ─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─❉᯽🪕᯽❉─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─ 🎶We are the **StorytellerZ** – the German hub for Suno artists. 🗒️You can find us on Discord: 👉 https://discord.gg/storytellerz ❤️We look forward to seeing you! Wir freuen uns auf Dich! ─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─❉᯽🪕᯽❉─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─ ─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─❉᯽🪕᯽❉─•~❉᯽❉~•─᯽─•~❉᯽❉~•─
